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Before studying Plate Tectonics Theory, let us first understand
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3- South American Plate
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5- Pacific Plate
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7- Eurasian and Adjacent Oceanic Floor Plate
Some Imp Minor Plates are listed below:
1- Cocos Plate- Between Central America and Pacific Plate
2- Nazca Plate- Between South America and Pacific Plate
3- Arabian Plate- Mostly the south Arabian landmass

4- Philippine Plate- Between the Asiatic and Pacific Plate

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6- Fuji Plate- North East of Australia

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Plate Margins are outer parts of plates and Plate boundaries
are Zone of interactions of Margins of Plates which are 1993) The Canadian geophysicist John Tuzo-
moving in respect of each other. Plate Tectonics, but eventually became one
It may be highlighted that that tectonically plate boundaries

and Plate Margins are most important because all tectonic Plate Margins The surface of the earth is
activities occur along the plate margins, For e.g, Seismicdivided into seven major and eight minor
activities , mountain building, vulcanicity etc. Each plate is in motion relative to its
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What are Convergent Plate Margins?

These are the places where two plates move towards each
other or two plates converge along a line and leading edge of
one plate ( e.g Plate 1) overrides the other plate ( e.g Plate 2)
and the overridden plate ( plate 2) is subducted into mantle of
Overriding plate (plate 1) and thus part of crust is lost in the
mantle.
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These represent zones of divergence i.e plates are continuously
coming apart from each other.
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When a divergent boundary crosses a land, the rift valleys get

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Oceanic Plates split apart to form Mid Oceanic Ridges. John Tuzo-Wilson John Tuzo-Wilson (1908 -
What are Transform Plate Margins? Plate Tectonics, but eventually became one
Places where plates slide past each other are called Transform
Boundaries. The plates on either side of a transform boundary
are merely sliding past each other, thus neither creating nor
destroying the Crust. plates. Major and minor tectonic plates
The most famous Transform boundary in the world is
San Andrea’s Fault.
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Plates?
Movement of Plates is under the influence of two forces :
These are slow and gradually rising currents from Mantle-

Core Boundary. These are generated by radiogenic heat
produced at Mantle – Core Boundary through radioactive
decay.
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Thermal Wilson was initially sceptical of the theory of
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These two forces generate initial movement in plates.
Along Convergent Plate Boundaries, Gravity Pull force works

along with laterally converging and subsiding Thermal
Convective Currents.
Along Divergent Plate Boundaries, Gravity Push works with

rising and laterally spreading thermal Convective Currents.
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08/03/2019 Plate Tectonics - Mindfeeders

02 Apr 2013 The Geological Society

Plate Tectonics of its most famous suppor...

The Geological Society

What is Plate Tectonics? View in Evernote

What are Major and Minor Plates?

Some Imp Minor Plates are listed below:

1- Cocos Plate- Between Central America and Paciﬁc Plate

2- Nazca Plate- Between South America and Paciﬁc Plate

3- Arabian Plate- Mostly the south Arabian landmass

4- Philippine Plate- Between the Asiatic and Paciﬁc Plate

6- Fuji Plate- North East of Australia

What are Plate Margins and Plate Related notes

It may be highlighted that that tectonically plate boundaries

What are Convergent Plate Margins?

When two continental plates converge, they interact to form

What are Divergent Plate Margins?

When a divergent boundary crosses a land, the rift valleys get

What are the forces behind movement of

These are slow and gradually rising currents from Mantle-

These two forces generate initial movement in plates.

Along Convergent Plate Boundaries, Gravity Pull force works

Along Divergent Plate Boundaries, Gravity Push works with

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The Geological Society

Name The Geological Society

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